Inflected forms: pl. pi·az·zas 1. Inflected forms: pl. pi·az·ze (p-äts, pyäts) (also p-äts, pyätsä) A public square in an Italian town. 2. A roofed and arcaded passageway; a colonnade. 3.New England & Southern Atlantic U.S. A verandah.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, from Latin plata, street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (way), feminine of platus, broad. See plat- in Appendix I.
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